Emma Brand
That Just About Frappes It Up
Emma Brand concludes her celebrity-watch series by looking at Gregg Wallace and his social media accounts.
Unsurprisingly Gregg Wallace is using his social media accounts...
Flogging It!
Tinchy Stryder has a big appetite for selling himself, observes Emma Brand.
Tinchy Stryder, real name Kwasi Danquah, was born in Ghana and moved to...
Mismatched With Buddhism
Leona Lewis lacks lustre on social media, except when it comes to Instagram, says Emma Brand.
After winning the third series of The X Factor...
Spelling Fascist In The IT Crowd
Emma Brand is impressed with Richard Ayoade’s strict adherence to the rules of grammar.
Richard Ayoade is most famous for playing the hilariously geeky Maurice...
Firing Off Another Tweet
There ain’t no stopping the boss of The Apprentice, reports Emma Brand.
Lord Alan Sugar: businessman, football fan, constant Tweeter. Who would have expected the...
Rudimental and Sophisticated At The Same Time
This band's social media presence is far from rudimentary, notes Emma Brand.
The social media accounts for the East London drum and bass band, Rudimental,...
Diving Into Social Media
Tom Daley is tethered to a series of YouTube posts, according to Emma Brand.
Tom Daley has been a household name since he first competed...
Man Who’s Down To Earth
He's a Regular Guy and an Ordinary Joe, in Emma brand’s reading of David Beckham's social media posts.
David Beckham is already a living legend....
City Life In A Day: Lazy Afternoons In Shoreditch House
Emma Brand admits to being 'obsessed' with Hoxton's hippest haunt. But she doesn't mind if you, too, spend a luxurious afternoon there (just don't...
Reluctant Hero Of Social Media
Emma Brand finds Idris Elba shying away from the digital world.
Idris Elba is a man of his word. On 27 February he Tweeted “Spending...
A Walk In The Park
Emma Brand finds she has become a celebrity magnet – they just keep walking towards her.
Who would think that going for a Sunday afternoon...
Chocs Ahoy!
Emma Brand is not a chocoholic but in the run-up to Easter she can’t get enough of the brown stuff.
As a way of getting...
Unrelenting Self-Promotion
Emma Brand is well impressed by Tinie Tempah’s self-aggrandisement (look it up).
East London rapper Tinie Tempah, real name Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, is using his...
Marvin ‘Family Man’ Humes
Emma Brand reckons that Marvin Humes values family first and foremost.
Marvin Humes has been using social networking to show that since his band, JLS,...
For Goodness Sake, Have Some Faith In Yourself
There is only side of singer Paloma Faith that Emma Brand is ready to believe in.
In her Twitter bio Paloma Faith describes herself as...
Rudimental Reach Out To The Cheap Seats
When Rudimental got the whole arena rocking, Emma Brand joined in with the best of them.
You might assume that being in the front seats...
The Other Side Is Always Greener?
Emma Brand takes to social media to find the two sides of Professor Green.
When you think of the public image of East London rapper...
Bugs Between The Bricks?
Emma Brand hears of unhygienic conditions in the kitchens of Brick Lane.
You can get nearly any type of food you want down Brick Lane,...
Standing Up For The Real Danny Dyer
Emma Brand looks beyond the on-screen appearance of East London’s celebrities: (1) Danny Dyer, Esquire.
On TV Danny Dyer seems like the type of guy...
‘Tis The Season…..For Watching EastEnders
Emma Brand & Friends preview a ‘moderately big part of Christmas’.
The EastEnders Christmas Special is known for being melodramatic. This Christmas in Albert Square is...
’Tis The Season To….Pick The X-Factor Winner
Emma Brand listened in while her flatmates judged the final show in this year’s X-Factor series.
You know it’s nearly Christmas when it’s time for...
Busted No More
Emma Brand can't help being excited about the Busted reunion tour.
It was the day people up and down the country had been waiting for.
The...
Hands Off Celebrities!
Slagging off sleb culture may be hip but Emma Brand is having none of it.
A whole industry has been built around celebrity culture...
Sky Over Shoreditch
Emma Brand has been touched by the Sky Garden.
The Sky Garden, high above the hustle and bustle of hipster Brick Lane, has one of...
Farmed Out To Spitalfields
Hidden in the heart of East London is possibly the cutest community farm in the world.
Spitalfields City Farm is just a short walk from...
Finger Lickin’ Street Chicken
Sold from the side of a converted US Army ambulance in Elys Yard at Truman Brewery, Mother Clucker chicken is mother clucking good.
Mother Clucker’s...
Popping In For Fish And Chips
Cod comes well battered in the street behind Brick Lane, reports Emma Brand.
The Brick Lane area is best known for curries – and before...
Writing On The Wall
Emma Brand cops an eyeful of East London’s graffiti.
Opinion is divided over graffiti: some people say that writing on the wall is an art...
EastEnders 30 Years On: how was it for you?
Since they weren’t even born when the first episode of EastEnders aired 30 years ago this week, Rising East’s young journalists are obliged to...
Great Beigel Bake Off
Emma Brand feels the love for Brick Lane’s Beigel Bake.
Whether it is 4am or 4pm, if you head to Brick Lane there is somewhere...
Stop Believing In Art!
Emma Brand takes exception to the rhetoric of retailing.
Nothing wrong with cheap. Good to see students being offered sizeable discounts. A fine example is...
Do The Hustle?
Emma Brand thinks twice about food touts.
‘Chicken curry and poppadoms, only £5’.
If you have ever walked down Brick Lane you will know what this...